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Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa

Harvard Business Review

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. In my continent, "information technology" has become synonymous with "technology" itself.

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Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit

Harvard Business Review

Virtually every day, there is information about a clinical study with a new way to treat sick people. And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. Coordinating health care information technology requires government action, which was a decade slow in coming.

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It's Manufacturing's Turn for Special Treatment

Harvard Business Review

A number of economists howled against this so-called "industrial policy" and criticized the president's singling out manufacturing for "special treatment" — something they say no industry should get. The Right Policies. To make up the difference, we just borrow. But let's not kid ourselves.